A multilayer negative-refractive-index transmission-line (NRI-TL) metamaterial free-space lens at X-band

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2746-2753

  Iyer, Ashwin K ^a   Eleftheriades, George V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Focusing; Left handed (LH); Lenses; Metamaterial; Negative refractive index (NRI); Periodic structures; Transmission line

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC LINES; FOCUSING; LENSES; PROBES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

METAMATERIAL; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX;

OPTICAL MULTILAYERS;

EID: 35348822454     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.905924     Document Type: Article

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